[ADXA] early days on our 75m SSB morning net

Sat Sep 26 09:44:23 EDT 2020

Dennis and Lanny.  Great stories for sure.. Oh, Dennis, forgot you  were in Brinkley. I was born and raised until 1952 in Clarendon, then mom and I moved to Memphis til Jan 1, 1957 when we moved to Stuttgart. Gosh, you were close to me for sure. Maybe we talked on 75 SSB in those days. There were morning yak sessions that covered mostly AR stations and some in Memphis and couple in Texas.. Ed Moory, Dick W5TIZ, Larry Woolsey W5HJA, me and 3-4 others on 75 SSB each morning in the late 50s and early 60s. Memories for sure!
San 

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From: Lanny Aldrich
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2020 11:23 PM
To: Trent Fleming; Crownhaven
Cc: adxa; Dennis Schaefer; Richard Harris
Subject: Re: [ADXA] SWLing was so fun Rick,after I started hearing hams on the air. Broadcast stations seldomQSLed.

I, too, used a family Zenith Transoceanic (brown leatherette) for my first SWL’ing.  In 1958 I built my first receiver (aside from a Cub Scout crystal set): an Allied Radio Knight-Kit regenerative receive with a 100’ long wire with a flat strap with fahnestock clips at each end under the (closed) window.  Believe me, it was a good exercise for a 13-year-old kid, but didn’t perform even close to the Zenith.  I moved up to an S-40B the next year and got my Novice: KN1LEC.

73, Lanny K1LEC

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From: Trent Fleming
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2020 6:12 PM
To: Crownhaven
Cc: adxa; Dennis Schaefer; Richard Harris
Subject: Re: [ADXA] SWLing was so fun Rick, after I started hearing hams on the air. Broadcast stations seldom QSLed.

Transoceanic here also! B600 black. My mother bought it for my father in 1957. I still have it. Recapping and alignment are on my list of
Projects. 
trentfleming.com

On Sep 25, 2020, at 6:02 PM, Crownhaven <crownhaven at bellsouth.net> wrote:

Zenith Transoceanic here.

Steve, QQ

On Sep 25, 2020, at 4:41 PM, Dennis Schaefer <dennisw5rz at gmail.com> wrote:

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Rick, I’m sure I showed this to you before.   You were a serious “ham-band” SWL at the time with that SX-111.  I also started out as an SWL.  A newspaper man from my first hometown in Hunter, AR, loaned my dad a Hallicrafters receiver of some kind - don’t remember the model.  I was fascinated, so we ordered an S-108 from the Sears and Roebuck catalog.  I did a lot of SWL’ing and used that receiver as WN5IIS in Brinkley along with a Knight T-60 that I assembled.  The receiver didn’t do well on SSB but was usable on CW.  What sparked my interest in ham radio was listening to AM conversations on 80 meters.  I remember Pappy, K5AJY, from Little Rock.

Good days!

Dennis, W5RZ

On Sep 24, 2020, at 6:25 PM, Richard Harris <rickai5p at gmail.com> wrote:

SWL days.... and the Hallicrafters S-38 receiver line... my first receiver, other than the family
console, was the S-38E. Fun times listening to the BBC, HCJB, VOA, etc. First broadcasting
QSL was Radio Nederland in 1958. Thumbing thru the World Radio and Television Guide
trying to find English programming hi. Used to listen to 160m AM guys from the Mid-West.
One night I was listening and the guy in Nebraska (wish I remember who) talked about receiving a
SWL report from me hi.... Maybe I have his QSL somewhere.... Strongly believe spending
those days SWLing sure helped me work DX later (listen, listen, listen!)... certainly prior
to the spoon-fed internet spotting today (but yes, I'll admit I use that too!).... Rick AI5P

On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 4:04 PM HamOP <k5yy1 at cox.net> wrote:
   Yep Rick, I started SWLing in Memphis when living there starting in 1952 and on through early 1957, using an S38A. That would put me at 68 years, including the SWL days. Gosh, time flies. Not sure if W5SJ was an SWL initially or not. If not, then I have him beat! Yeah… 
   Hearing some guys talking one day when I was tuning for distant broadcast stations is what got me interested. Ended up with about 50 of my SWL cards being answered, and then later I called or wrote most of them and we set up a schedule on the air for my “real” QSO with them. The QSO confirmations were cherished for years. One was a very well known W3 woman ham who also ran many nets in PA. Forgot her call but from Bryn Mawr, PA.
Great hobby we have, even if SWLing was the starting point for some of us, Rick.
San

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From: Richard Harris
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2020 4:45 PM
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Subject: Re: [ADXA] Joel and Stan started this fiasco so we real old timersmust finish it

Hmmm... only 62 including SWL days... 51 licensed... a relative newcomer
compared to the real OT'ers!  Still the greatest hobby! 73 Rick AI5P

On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 3:10 PM HamOP <k5yy1 at cox.net> wrote:
  You bring the white wine, I’ll bring the red. Oh, we need crackers of some sort and cashew nuts and some dip and ….. etc.  Heck, just hope we are here Bill in another year when this “50 Year” event happens… I’ll start wearing a mask during my sleep too, just to make sure. 
  Oh, and I will have Melinda get in her Razorback Head Majorette outfit and do some twirling for us and Kathy can sing for the group. But, attendees will only be those with 50 years in ham radio as a licensee.  Perhaps 7-8 ADXA members will show up. Joel, see what you and Stan started!  Maybe we can start a “60 Year Club” Bill??? 😊
San

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From: Bill Priakos
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2020 3:12 PM
To: HamOP; w5zn at w5zn.org; Stan Ross
Cc: adxa
Subject: RE: [ADXA] Joel's upcoming article in our newsletter ..

WOW and here I am at just past the 65 YEAR MARK, February 4th – Y I K E S ! !

Yes, let’s party! 😊

Bill
W5SJ
Bill Priakos
10 Free Ferry Heights
Fort Smith, AR 72903
479.461.8368

From: adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of HamOP
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 6:44 PM
To: w5zn at w5zn.org; Stan Ross <k5vr.stan at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [ADXA] Joel's upcoming article in our newsletter ..

I had my 63th year in June. Can I come to the 50th Party when it happens?? I’ll bring wine.
San

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From: w5zn at w5zn.org
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 5:06 PM
To: Stan Ross
Cc: HamOP; adxa
Subject: Re: [ADXA] Joel's upcoming article in our newsletter ..

Good deal Stan...congrats quite an accomplishment!
Also congrats on 49 years. I knew you were about one year ahead of me. I'll be at 48 years in a couple of weeks. So, we gonna have a "50th Party" next year????   :-))
I still remember our old Novice days and Arkansas Teenage Net days back in the early 70's.
ZN

On 2020-09-23 15:36, Stan Ross wrote:
Great comments, everyone.  

I, too, need P5 (and FR/G) to have "worked 'em all" but I'm not losing sleep worrying if I'll work them before time to go SK. 

This Saturday, 9/26, will be my 49th ham radio "anniversary" and most of my ham career did not involve amplifiers and elaborate antenna systems... a Swan 500C (courtesy of my grandfather K5VRC before he became a SK) and a simple ATB-34 Tri-bander that I saved up for got me well on the way of what has turned out to be a lifelong love of DX'ing.

So, as we patiently await Cycle 25's better band conditions, we can wait for those elusive entities as well.

73 and good DX!

Stan
K5VR 
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On Sep 23, 2020, at 12:15 PM, HamOP <k5yy1 at cox.net> wrote:
Good post Joel
I will try to be brief. I was on the DXAC for many years and Chairman in late 70s and early 80s, and the talk began from those DXers who were chasers for a few years only and lacked 3-4 countries and wanted the uninhabited or countries not allowing amateur to be deleted. The DXAC was strongly against this, especially when some "real old timers" who had been around 2-3 times longer than those 'newcomers' still needed 1-2 of the same 3-4 rare countries..

I will NOT discuss the allowance of Burma a few years ago at this time and the "way too fast allowing it" without proper proof of "him" being there with permission, mainly because 100s on the DXCC needed only Burma for Top of Honor Roll. In the late 1970s to early 80s there was a time when 3 of the top 5 rarest countries suddenly appeared within 3-4 months and most DXers got them, including HZ/YI Neutral Zone, etc. Then people shut up a while! You don't just delete 3Y, BS7 and No. Korea at this time and cheapen the DXCC award program for the ego of a few, politically motivated hams in our "HOBBY"... This ain't a business you know.

Anyway, good prelim comment Joel about your upcoming dissertation for us to read slowly and understand and then support the right agenda that the ARRL should adopt, without politics!  The initial Kosovo operation sorta stands out too. Hmmm.
San K5YY

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